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Terrestrial positioning system calibration

US9237417B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 5, 2014
Grant dateJan 12, 2016
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Expiry dateJun 9, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S5/012
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Embodiments disclosed aggregate a plurality of crowdsourced measurement sets for antennas received from a plurality of Mobile Stations (MS) with a Base Station Almanac (BSA), based on a measurement location estimate and a measurement location uncertainty estimate associated with each measurement set. A map comprising a plurality of map layers may be obtained, where each map layer associates locations in the BSA with spatially variable Forward Link Calibration (FLC) values for the antenna derived from the updated BSA data, wherein each spatially variable FLC value is associated with a corresponding location in the updated BSA data. Map layers, which may also include multipath map and/or received signal strength layers, may be provided to MS′ as location assistance data.

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